Lien California
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When you owe tax debt, we automatically have a statutory lien that attaches to all California real or personal property you own or have rights to. If you don't respond to our letters, pay in full, or set a payment plan, we may record and/or file a Notice of State Tax Lien against you. This secures and protects the debt owed to us and notifies creditors of the debt.
The quickest way we will release a Notice of State Tax Lien is for you to pay your liened tax debt in full (including interest, penalties, and fees). We will begin the lien release process once the payment is posted.
Contractors, subcontractors, laborers, and material suppliers can file what is called a \"mechanics lien\" on a homeowner's property if they don't get paid. Property owners need to be aware of the process so they can avoid financial and legal pitfalls. This section describes mechanics liens and steps that can be taken to avoid them.
The order also provides that lien activation fees must be paid by December 31, 2015 or the affected lien will be dismissed by operation of law. Activation fees will no longer be accepted after midnight on December 31, 2015.
If the other side owns real estate in California, you can put a lien on that property so that if they ever sell or refinance the property you might get paid. To do this, you first need an Abstract of Judgment.
Generally, anyone who provides materials or services during construction can file a mechanics lien. This includes design and engineer professionals but their rules for filing a mechanics lien are different than those explained below.
This notice must be served within 20 days of the day you start work or begin supplying materials to the project. If you miss the 20 days, you can still serve the notice late but only money earned within the previous 20 days can be included in your lien.
The notice may either be served by certified mail, return receipt requested or personally served on each of the parties. If you file a lien, you need to provide proof of this service by affidavit and proof of mail delivery. The notice must include a description of the work or goods you will provide, the estimated total price of the work or goods you will provide and the statutorily required statement California Civil Code Section 8202 Chapter 2. The language in the notice must exactly match the language in the statute.
Even if you do not plan to foreclose on the lien, (perhaps to give the owner additional time to pay or for whatever reason), it is best to go through the entire procedure. Even if circumstances change, it may be too late to act when dealing with California mechanics lien law. If payment discussions break down or your customer appears headed toward insolvency, your diligence will have made it possible for you to foreclose on the lien. Property owners and competing creditors may try to block your path, but if you followed the law, you will have placed yourself in a strong position against your adversaries.
8424. (a) An owner of real property or an owner of any interest in real property subject to a recorded claim of lien, or a direct contractor or subcontractor affected by the claim of lien, that disputes the correctness or validity of the claim may obtain release of the real property from the claim of lien by recording a lien release bond. The principal on the bond may be the owner of the property, the direct contractor, or the subcontractor.
If you did not serve the notice at the beginning of your work, you may still serve such a notice if you did work within 20 days prior to serving the Notice, but your mechanics lien may only cover work done in the 20 days before serving the Notice, and for all days thereafter.
Do not wait until the last day to record your lien, as when \"completion\" or \"cessation of work \" have occurred may often be unclear or disputed, and you could forever lose your mechanics lien rights if you are mistaken or delay too long.
Please seek advice from a competent, experienced construction lawyer re these new lien recording procedures, as failing to follow them may result in your lien being not recordable or invalid.
When your work was performed on more than one legal parcel(e.g. separate lots, separate condominium units, you may be required to record liens against each separate lot or parcel, based on the value of work you performed on each separate lot, parcel or unit, and not the total amount owed on your entire contract. Calculations of these amounts can be complex where many parcels are involved.
And if you allow the lien to expire after 90 days without suing on it becomes invalid, the Owner can file suit against you in Court on a Petition to Release the Property from the Lien, and you may be liable for paying the owners attorney fees and costs if you do not record a release of your expired Mechanics Lien. If your lien has expired, it is thus best to record a lien release voluntarily.
If the above deadlines for recording a new lien have not yet expired, you might still be able to record a new Mechanics Lien even if your prior lien has expired or been released, but do not keep recording untimely or invalid liens, as this could subject you to liability or subject you to discipline from the Contractors State License Board.
Once you file suit on the Mechanics Lien, the case may proceed to mediation, Arbitration, trial, or even settlement, and could be joined with other suits of other contractors, subcontractors, or material suppliers on the same job. All liens on a project usually have the same priority and share proportionately in the proceeds from any lien foreclosure sale.
NOTE, the effective July 1, 2012 the entire stop notice, payment bond and mechanics lien law and statutory enforcement system has been revised by the Legislature. This article does NOT address these changes, so consult a construction attorney re work done or liens to be recorded after that date.
Please consult a competent construction lawyer for legal advice regarding your specific situation, as each person's situation is unique and the facts of each particular situation may affect or change the legal requirements and outcome of your case, and thus the above discussion does not address all the complexities of lien enforcement.
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NOTE: Giving a stop payment notice is not a prerequisite to claiming a lien against the property, unless the owner demands in writing that the claimant serve a stop payment notice. If the owner so demands, then the claimant who fails to give the stop payment notice will lose his or her lien rights. Note also that filing a preliminary notice is a prerequisite to filing a stop payment notice. [CC 8520]
Generally, one who transports materials to a jobsite has no lien rights EXCEPT where (1) the hauler owns the materials and the hauling is part of the cost; (2) the hauler participates in the work of improvement, or (3) the hauler is hired by an agent of the owner. [Ivy Trucking, Inc. v. Creston Brandon Corp., 100 Cal.Rptr.2d 582, 84 Cal.App.4th 85, (App. 4 Dist. 2000)]
To the construction lender: All claimants. To the owner: All claimants other than the direct contractor may give a stop payment notice to the owner. The owner must withhold funds unless a payment bond has been recorded. Note: One who receives from the owner a written demand to file a notice must do so, or will forfeit the right to claim a lien. Note that a construction lender may choose not to withhold funds pursuant to a stop payment notice if the notice is unbonded. [CC 8520, 8522, 8530, 8532, 8536]
NOTE ALSO that when the notice must also be sent to the owner, the notice must be sent prior to filing, as proof of service must be included when the lien is filed. Service is completed upon mailing, however. [CC 8116]
Note: Where the project involves the construction of two or more separate residential units (including one structure with several condominiums) the time for filing a lien against each unit begins to run upon the completion of each unit. If, however, the claimant is unable to attribute the amounts to different units, the claimant is still entitled to its lien. [CC 8448]
NOTE that if the claimant willfully gives a false stop payment notice or willfully includes in the notice a claim for work that has not been provided, the claimant will forfeit all rights to participate in funds that have been withheld as well as all lien rights. [CC 8504]
-A proof of service affidavit completed and signed by the person serving the Notice of Mechanics Lien. This affidavit must show the date, place, and manner of service and facts showing that the service was made in accordance with this section, as well as the name and address of the owner or reputed owner upon whom a copy of the mechanics lien and the Notice of Mechanics Lien was served, and the title or capacity in which he or she was served.
Within 90 days after claimant records its lien. If an action is not timely commenced, the lien expires and is unenforceable. NOTE, however, that where the claimant and the owner agree to extend credit, and notice of the fact and terms of the extension of credit is recorded (1) within 90 days after recordation of the claim of lien or (2) more than 90 days after recordation of the claim of lien but before a purchaser or encumbrancer for value and in good faith acquires rights in the property. In that event the claimant shall commence an action to enforce the lien within 90 days after the expiration of the credit, but in no case later than one year after completion of the work of improvement. If the claimant does not commence an action to enforce the lien within that time, the claim of lien expires and is unenforceable. [CC 8460] 59ce067264